Weaving together ideas for thinking: relational ethics, politics, and worlds in transition. A conversation with Arturo Escobar

This interview is also available in written format in the magazine Tramas y Redes N9.

Arturo Escobar is a researcher and activist from Cali, Colombia. His work focuses on territorial struggles, extractivism, pluriversal ecosocial transitions, and ontological design. For over three decades, he has collaborated with Afro-Colombian, environmental, and feminist social movements. His most recent book is *Relationality: An Emerging Politics of Life Beyond the Human* (Buenos Aires, Tinta Limon, 2025; with Michal Osterweil and Kriti Sharma).

Marisol de la Cadena is an anthropologist from Lima, Peru. She is the author of key works such as *Indigenous Mestizos* and *Earth Beings*, which focus on race, culture, and ecologies of practice in the Andes. Her work combines academic research with political engagement in social justice, particularly in the defense of environmental justice.